but maps are a product of the culture and values of the people that produce them,” Quinn, the geography professor, said. He explained that names of places have always been “fluid, contested ...

While genetic tests can reveal the ancestry of enslaved individuals, strontium analysis can now home in on where they actually grew up.

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This video can help pupils learn about the physical geography of the Earth ... After watching the film, teachers could use a base map to explore the make up of the world and where the features ...

On a remote island in the Pacific, Will Smith descends into the heart of an active volcano to investigate sounds beyond human hearing. Will discovers that everything on our planet creates its own ...

Peter Gwin is an editor at large for National Geographic and cohost of the award-winning podcast Overheard. He began as a staff writer for the magazine in 2003, and has contributed stories from an ...

Here are some Alberta geographic facts that’ll have you checking a map twice. Alberta may not be the biggest province in Canada, but in the world’s second-largest country, that’s still pretty massive.

The mission of the Department of Physical Geography is to be at the forefront of research in Earth Surface Dynamics. Our knowledge and understanding of Earth’s continental and coastal systems ...